Believe it or not, my biggest win was £200 for 2nd place in a live Freeroll Tournament in Manchester.UK. We have a Casino run Poker League called the Redtooth Vegas 100, and every year they take 100 players out to Vegas to play in a £20,000 Tournament all for Free!
They charge the Pub Landlord a Fixed monthly Fee and for that they get Poker Tables and Chips so they can run weekly games in the pub and depending on the subscription level, 2,3, or 4 Players can qualify every 3 months for Regional Finals, The winner of that Final Wins a seat to Vegas all expenses paid. With the next 9 players getting Cash prizes and a Seat in the National Final held once a year with the top 10 winning the Vegas Package.
It is a brilliant marketing Idea because It introduces Novice players to Casino run Tournaments, and some do go on to play in
real money buy-in games run by
casinos, I am one of them,
Before I started Playing Poker I thought all Casinos were Visited by rich People in Dinner Jackets Playing for Thousands of Pounds in every hand, the truth is very far from it and a few players actually do wear Track suit bottoms and Hoodies. I never thought I would ever walk into a Casino let alone play Poker in one,
So Poker, has changed my life, I now feel comfortable walking into a Casino, and can compete with anyone. The Tricky part is not getting sucked into other Casino Games Like
roulette,
blackjack or Slot machines.